Radiographical evaluation of bone maturation in Japanese black beef cattle

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 529-535

  Oishi, Akihiro ^a   Hamada, Satoko ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kamiya, Shigeru ^a   Yanagida, Koichi ^a   Kubota, Chikara ^b   Watanabe, Youichiro ^b   Shimizu, Ryousuke ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Prefectual Livestock E   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone maturation; Cattle (Japanese Black); Epiphyseal line (closure of); Ossificalion; Radiography

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CATTLE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; ULNA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CATTLE; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIUS; ULNA;

EID: 0030155673     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.529     Document Type: Review

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